Saturday, January 18, 2003

There are two personalities of myself that are separating themselves ... and it is getting a bit confusing ...

the job I took is with the same company my dad works for ... I didn't want to do it but when times are tough sometimes you have to take what is offered and Marianne has been begging me for 2 years to come and work for her ...


My dad is the general manager of the division I work for ... luckily we are in different offices or I wouldn't be able to do this ... only the 5 people in my office know I am his daughter ... I don't even use my real last name at work ... I go by my first and middle name ...


I am also the web designer for their company website ... through that connection they know I am one of the GM's daughter ... but they like my work and hired me ... I submitted a proposal like everyone else under my company name but they probably knew it was me ... who cares I have the job and I work hard ...


but now I talk to people through my 9-5 job as one name ... and I talk to many of those same people through my web job under a different name ...


I have learned to write emails differently so as not to cause suspicion ... I never use the [...] at work like I do so much everywhere else ...

I answer the phone at work in what can be described as a phone-sex-operator voice ... soft and professional because I have such a distinguishable voice ... I once called a friend I hadn't spoken to in 10 years and when I said "Hi is this Sean" he said ... "Liz ... holy crap you sound just the same" ... without me telling him it was me ... so I try to be careful at work ...

when I know the web people are lying to me about things happening to the company I can't say anything but they are things I wouldn't know ... but I do know they are lying to me ...


it is just such a weird situation ... sometimes it is hard to remember what I am supposed to know ... I don't want to become two different people ... I like the one person I am now ... but people wouldn't treat me the same at work if they know ... my dad is revered there ... everyone loves him and fears him a bit ... the sales people I deal with on a daily basis would change ... Marianne and I know once I get sticky sweet emails they will have figured out who I am ...


but the woman in my office that seems to hate it there ... and in particular hate me ... well she had her review yesterday ... and even though they were behind closed doors our office is small and I could hear a lot of it ... it also helped that they yelled a lot ... but I heard her say ... "It is an unfortunate coincidence that I started to hate my job so much once Liz started working here" ... I don't particularly like her ... I think she takes advantage of the job ... goofs off a lot ... is cold to everyone ... but that hurt my feelings .. I have only been nice to her ... I make sure to see if she wants to order lunch with us ... and I am always polite ... there was no reason for that except that I am the bosses daughter ...

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